In this file, text in _italics_ is indicated by underscores. Text in
SMALL CAPS is all uppercase.
The following changes were made to the text as printed:
Page 3: “rings of agueous vapor” changed to “rings of aqueous vapor”
“decent at the poles” changed to “descent at the poles”
5: “the same No matter” changed to “the same. No matter”
6: “Kelper’s “Third Law”” changed to “Kepler’s “Third Law””
7: “FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE RECORD” changed to “FURTHER EXAMINATION
OF THE RECORD.”
“silicious Archæan beds” changed to “silicious Archaean beds”
“Archæan metaliferous deposits” changed to “Archaean metalliferous
deposits”
8: “God made the firmmanent” changed to “God made the firmament”
“under the firmmament” changed to “under the firmament”
“above the firmmament” changed to “above the firmament”
“The earths surface” changed to “The earth’s surface”
“the suns direct rays” changed to “the sun’s direct rays”
“overcanopyed by annular waters” changed to “overcanopied by annular
waters”
9: “THE NOCHIAN DELUGE” changed to “THE NOACHIAN DELUGE”
“Aryan, Phonecian, Greek” changed to “Aryan, Phoenecian, Greek”
“Greeks, Cythians and Celtic tribes” changed to “Greeks, Scythians and
Celtic tribes”
“among the Peruvians’ and Mexicans” changed to “among the Peruvians and
Mexicans”
“the ruins of Ninevah” changed to “the ruins of Nineveh”
11: “fresh water shells are found” changed to “fresh-water shells are
found”
“decent of Annular vapors” changed to “descent of Annular vapors”
12: “soon as killed purification” changed to “soon as killed,
putrification”
“the downrush of snows from the earths” changed to “the down-rush of
snows from the earth’s”
“a semitropical world” changed to “a semi-tropical world”
“over-canopying fund of vapors” changed to “overcanopying fund of
vapors”
“posessed more bouyant power” changed to “possessed more buoyant power”
“doubtless, dropped from icebergs” changed to “doubtless dropped from
icebergs”
“upon the earth The great” changed to “upon the earth. The great”
“boulder and conglomerate rocks” changed to “bowlder and conglomerate
rocks”
13: “the disolving of glaciers” changed to “the dissolving of glaciers”
“decended to the body” changed to “descended to the body”
“primordal life-forms” changed to “primordial life-forms”
“unknow depths of space” changed to “unknown depths of space”
14: “Gardner of Nature” changed to “Gardener of Nature”
“Carboniferous carbonacious matter” changed to “Carboniferous
carbonaceous matter”
“down fall of a silicious ring” changed to “downfall of a silicious
ring.”
17: “fibres runnning vertically” changed to “fibres running vertically”
“ferns, sigillaria lepidodendra” changed to “ferns, sigillaria,
lepidodendra”
18: “seperated by layers of clay” changed to “separated by layers of
clay”
21: “cannel-coal inseperably joined” changed to “cannel-coal
inseparably joined”
22: “submerged beneath _fresh water_” changed to “submerged beneath
_fresh-water_”
“great super-ariel fund” changed to “great super-aerial fund”
“wide expanse of fresh waters” changed to “wide expanse of
fresh-waters”
“New Foundland to Ireland” changed to “Newfoundland to Ireland”
“isolated fresh water ocean” changed to “isolated fresh-water ocean”
23: “antideluvians and their environment” changed to “antedeluvians
and their environment”
“inhospital and uninhabited” changed to “inhospitable and
uninhabited”
“glacitation of polar worlds” changed to “glaciation of polar worlds”
“constantly dimishing” changed to “constantly diminishing”
“upon the race his environment” changed to “upon the race; his
environment”
24: “natures eternal order” changed to “nature’s eternal order”